Staffordshire Police
- Date 19 November 2024
- Type Practice recommendation
- Sector Criminal justice
Staffordshire Police has recently demonstrated poor levels of performance in terms of its response times to FOIA requests. This has been highlighted by complaints made to the Commissioner on this issue. The Commissioner is also aware from Staffordshire Police that its FOI Team is currently understaffed and this has caused issues where staff are unable to respond to FOIA requests within 20 working days. Following engagement by his staff with Staffordshire Police about the underlying reasons for these failings, the Commissioner has reached the view that Staffordshire Police’s request handling practices do not conform to part 4 of the section 45 Freedom of Information Code of Practice, issued by the Cabinet Office in July 2018 (the Code).